Planning

Delivery of a National Decision Support Service for Scotland's Health and Social Care

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

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Planning

18 Dec 2020 at 00:00

OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The University of Strathclyde is initiating a procurement process for the delivery of a National Decision Support Service aimed at enhancing Scotland's health and social care systems. This tender is classified under the services category, with a total expected value of £5 million. It is currently in the planning stage, with key deadlines including expressions of interest due by 14th January 2021 and detailed responses required by 2nd February 2021. The procurement process aims to engage suppliers from the Glasgow region (UKM82) and is governed under the GPA legal framework.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in digital health solutions, software development, and data integration services. Companies that can contribute to creating evidence-based decision support tools, as well as those that specialise in developing mobile and web applications for health services, would be well-placed to compete. Suppliers are encouraged to consider partnerships to effectively address the varied components of the decision support system, fostering collaboration and innovation in response to the specified requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Delivery of a National Decision Support Service for Scotland's Health and Social Care

Notice Description

Delivery of a National Decision Support Service for Scotland's Health and Social Care

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish Government Digital Health and Care Directorate has mandated the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) within the University of Strathclyde to deliver the national decision support programme as a key element of Scotland's Digital Health and Care Strategy. DHI is conducting this market sounding exercise to help evaluate future sourcing options for a national decision support service. The project is working to a tight deadline and as such, we are requesting expressions of interest, at latest, by 14th January 2021. Suppliers expressing interest in this call will be asked to respond to a detailed set of requirements by 2nd February 2021. Individual suppliers may submit expressions of interest for all aspects of the service or may choose to work in partnership to share responsibility for different elements. One named supplier should be identified as the lead contact for partnership proposals. The successful supplier will deliver a Once for Scotland decision support service for health and social care which provides two overarching components: Component 1: A decision support platform. This will offer a single national toolset for building decision support products and integrating decision support with external applications. This toolset will support: - Publication of evidence-based content such as guidelines, pathways and patient information - Conversion of guidelines and research knowledge into structured algorithms. - One or more rules engine (s) to process data through these algorithms - A generic API interface to integrate algorithms and the rules engine with third party applications such as electronic health records - web-based and desktop client based. - Middleware to map data inputs from external sources onto a standardised data structure for algorithmic processing. - Packaging of content and algorithms into decision support products, including apps and web resources. Component 2: A single web and mobile gateway This will provide a front-end for end-users to: - Search and browse decision support products created through the platform tools. - Access a self-service, basic version of the toolset for building new decision support products.. Potential bidders are asked to note their interest against this PIN by COB 14/01/21. After this further details regarding the pre-tender market engagement will be released.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000639613
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC402674
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£5,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Dec 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
8 Mar 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
david.flockhart@strath.ac.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G1 1QE
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM82 Glasgow City
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North East

Further Information

Notice Documents

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